Design Engineer

Juma; United States; Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Office in Sofia or Lisbon

Mentorship

Learning opportunities

Team events

Job summary

Juma is seeking a frontend-focused early hire to shape the product experience with the founding team. You’ll own substantial frontend work, contribute to full-stack tasks, and help set technical direction.

Flexible remote work with office options in Sofia or Lisbon; you’ll collaborate directly with founders, influence product decisions, and grow with a small, ambitious team. Expect mentorship, modern tooling, and regular team events; compensation is competitive and growth opportunities are

Qualifications

• Strong frontend engineering skills and a keen eye for visual design.
• Full-stack experience and the ability to take features from concept through implementation.
• Comfort working with limited specifications and making sound design and technical decisions.
• Ability to collaborate closely with founders and take responsibility for product areas.

Responsibilities

• Translate concepts into complete, high-quality interface implementations without detailed handoffs.
• Collaborate with the founding team to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Own frontend development and contribute to full-stack tasks.
• Shape technical architecture and apply AI research + design principles.
• Participate through the full development lifecycle from design to deployment and maintenance.

Skills

Frontend engineering

Visual design

Full-stack development

Collaborative skills

Tools

Next.js

TypeScript

tRPC

Prisma

Tailwind CSS

NextAuth.js

PostgreSQL

Job description

Role overview

Shape the product experience by turning early ideas into polished, functional interfaces, combining visual judgment with strong frontend engineering. As an early hire, you’ll partner with the founding team to define and ship features, own much of the frontend, and contribute to full-stack work and technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Translate product concepts or light guidance into complete, high-quality interface implementations without relying on detailed design handoffs.
• Collaborate with the founding team to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Take ownership of frontend development and contribute to full-stack tasks.
• Help shape technical architecture and explore how current AI research and design principles can inform the product.
• Participate throughout the development lifecycle, including design, deployment, and maintenance.

Requirements

• Strong frontend engineering skills and a keen eye for visual design.
• Full-stack experience and the ability to take features from concept through implementation.
• Comfort working with limited specifications and making sound design and technical decisions.
• Ability to collaborate closely with founders and take responsibility for product areas.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Next.js, TypeScript, tRPC, Prisma, Tailwind CSS, NextAuth.js, or PostgreSQL.
• Interest in AI research and applying design principles to AI-enabled products.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time role with flexible remote work or office work in Sofia or Lisbon.
• Early-hire scope with substantial freedom to influence the product and team culture.
• The broader offer includes competitive compensation, mentorship and learning opportunities, modern tools, and regular team events.